Politics

Moscow derides peace summit; Ukraine says using Western weapons to strike Russia could be a game changer

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. Russia poured scorn on Ukraine’s attempts to invite…

India kicks off vote counting for the world’s biggest election, with exit polls projecting a Modi victory

India started counting votes for its 2024 general election on Tuesday, with Narendra Modi projected to win a rare third…

Epoch Times CFO Bill Guan is charged in alleged $67 million global money laundering scheme

The chief financial officer of conservative global news outlet The Epoch Times has been arrested and charged with leading a…

Trump campaign and RNC say they raised $141 million in May

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee announced Monday that the two entities together raised $141 million…

Jeffrey Epstein victim sues psychiatrist Henry Jarecki for alleged rape, sex trafficking

A woman who says she was a sexual abuse victim of Jeffrey Epstein filed a lawsuit Monday against the famed psychiatrist, entrepreneur and commodities trader Henry…

Brexit figurehead and Trump ally Nigel Farage to run in UK election after U-turn

LONDON — British politician and media personality Nigel Farage, best known for leading the Brexit campaign, announced Monday he would…

Jury picked in Hunter Biden federal gun trial

A full jury was selected and sworn in Monday in the federal criminal gun trial of Hunter Biden, son of…

Kremlin warns Washington of ‘fatal’ miscalculation to let Kyiv use U.S.-supplied weapons inside Russia

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Monday warned the U.S. against the potential “fatal consequences” of allowing Kyiv to deploy…

Democrats wanted an agreement on using artificial intelligence. It went nowhere

The Democratic National Committee was watching earlier this year as campaigns nationwide were experimenting with artificial intelligence. So the organization…

Tax fraud: DC settles Bitcoin billionaire Michael Saylor case for $40 million

Billionaire bitcoin investor Michael Saylor and the company he founded, MicroStrategy, will pay $40 million to settle a tax fraud…